Acknowledging the first man (a Kiwi), on his right, the man replied,"A thought. It just pops into your head. There's no warning that it's on the way; it's just there. A thought is the fastest thing I know of."
"That's very good!" replied the interviewer. "And now you sir?" he asked the second man (a Welshman).
"Hmm... let me see. A blink! It comes and goes and you don't know that it ever happened. A blink is the fastest thing I know of."
"Excellent!" said the interviewer. "The blink of an eye ... that's a very popular cliche for speed." He then turned to the third man (an Aussie) who was contemplating his reply."Well, out at my dad's farm, you step out of the house and on the wall there's a light switch. When you flip that switch & way out across the pasture the light in the barn comes on in less than an ant. Turning on a light is the fastest thing I can think of.
The interviewer was very impressed with the third answer and thought he had found his man. "It's hard to beat the speed of light" He said. Turning to the fourth and final man (an Indian fellow), the interviewer posed the same question.
"It's obvious to me that the fastest thing known is diarrhoea."
"What!?" said the interviewer, stunned by the response.
"Oh I can explain." said the fourth man. "You see the other day I wasn't feeling so good and I ran for the bathroom. But, before I could think, blink, or turn on the light, I had already shat my pants!"
Naturally, he got the job...
